New openSUSE Chairman Announces Foundation and Community Goals

Dec 23, 2010

Anika Kehrer , Amber Graner

In a joint openSUSE Board and community meeting, the new openSUSE Chairman, Alan Clark defines goals and explains his role in the community.

Clark noted, in this December 15th, 2010 meeting, that the top priority for the board will be to stand up an operational openSUSE Foundation followed by growing the community. Clark also discussed his personal goals and his open source experience and background.

The logs of the meeting are now available and more information can be found on the openSUSE website.

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